Deputy Home Minister Nur Jazlan Mohamed will leave it to the police to investigate the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which is alleged to have leaked information on the audit of 1MDB to US-based The Wall Street Journa l (WSJ).

"We leave it to the police, if there is a case," Nur Jazlan, the former PAC chairperson, responded curtly to Malaysiakini today when asked if the police should investigate PAC, which he helmed before being made deputy minister on July 29.

WSJ cited the 'parliamentary committee probing 1MDB' and its 'transcript of the proceedings' in its Sept 9 report that said US$1.4 billion paid by the Malaysian state-owned fund to Abu Dhabi-based International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) had gone missing .

1MDB is claiming that WSJ has breached Malaysian laws by using "clearly confidential information in its reporting" and has called on the relevant authorities to investigate the matter.

It also accused the PAC as the possible source of the leak.

Nur Jazlan, who is the MP for Pulai, refused to comment on matters related to PAC's conduct.

An interim report on 1MDB, prepared by the National Audit Department, was submitted to the PAC on July 9, while the final report will only be ready before the end of the year.

Asked to confirm whether the WSJ carried details from the interim audit report in its news report, Nur Jazlan said, "I cannot remember. So long ago."